Wobbly Walkers

We're Hoping THIS Will End Soon...

Liam is now on 4 medications for asthma and seasonal allergies and Lily is suspected of allergies as well... They were able to get their H1N1 Swine Flu vaccinations last week. I really hope THIS will end soon! They are playing together more and more... Lily LOVES to act silly and make faces to make Liam crack up. Also, they are both walking all over. Three weeks ago, it was a step here and there and now it is multiple, wobbly baby-steps all over the room. Lily is good until she starts cracking herself up and then she just falls to the ground, but she can get straight back up from the floor without holding on to anything. Liam walks with a bit more coordination, and can go further without falling, but he has to pull up on something. I'll get a video up soon. We just attended Abby's first parent-teacher conference. We love her teacher who is really helpful in providing opportunities for Abby's reading (she has grown by leaps and bounds in her reading ability and is a couple of grades ahead). Also, she is doing really well in math. We are obviously so proud of her. She is such a light in our home and the babies ADORE her.

Halloween

We had fun this Halloween. My mom came with us and we went to the school's trunk or treat followed by the neighborhood. Liam was a chicken (what Abby was a few years ago), Lily was a flower (appropriate) and Abby went as "the girl who couldn't make up her mind what she wanted to be for Halloween". Sooooooo funny. I love my silly, funny, amazing children.

One Year Old!!!

We survived! We had a little "family only" party for them yesterday, complete with prezzies and cake. If you look closely, you will even see Jack the Cat in the background through the sliding glass door. They did so well. They were fantastic at ripping up paper and loved their new toys. Liam just tore into everything and Lily was so dainty; sticking her pinky out as she ripped. Then, of course, it was time for their first cake- carrot cake with delicious cream cheese frosting that Abby helped decorate. I made the bibs myself and I think they did their job well. The babies devoured the frosting and mostly left the cake. I cannot believe how much has changed in a year- from 5 pound preemies to 20 pound, year-old, walking (they've each taken a few steps each on a regular basis but still mostly crawl), healthy babies. Here's to many happy birthdays to come! (Here, here!)

Flossie the Fairy and Hercule Poirot

Our first-born child has lost her first tooth! According to my friend, Kim, who taught Abby all about the inner workings of tooth fairies, when the oldest child of a family loses her first tooth, the family is assigned a tooth fairy. Sometimes, that fairy is lazy, sometimes fantastic, sometimes even a boy- we were hoping for a good one! Well, Abby actually swallowed her tooth so she wrote a note to the fairy explaining everything and she got a note back with 2 quarters stuck to it:

Dear Abigail, Thank you for your note. My name is Flossie and I'm your tooth fairy. I am so sorry you lost your tooth. I hope you were not too sad about it. I know you have another loose tooth- I can't wait to see it under your pillow! Love, Flossie

Abby has it memorized. I am going to make a little fabric envelope for future lost teeth... the next, of which will probably be by the end of the week. She is such a funny girl. Today, she told me she was going to draw a picture but I might find it scary and it was a surprise. She came out with this: Can you tell who it is? I thought it was one of the Mr Men at first. Then she explained. A month or more ago, my mom brought over a catalog that featured many BBC titles. Abby pointed to the Poirot DVD set starring David Suchet and exclaimed, "Oh, isn't he handsome?" It was hilarious! She had never called anyone handsome like that... and Poirot? So funny! I told her I thought his mustache was a little scary for me and she never mentioned it again. Then, today, she draws that picture! She said, "It's that man I thought was handsome and you thought was scary!" I asked her why she drew it and she said, "It's part of a book I'm making about men with mustaches and beards." I asked her who else was going to be in it and she said, in a tone of voice that told me I should already know the answer, "Santa!" I cannot wait to see the rest of the book.